Feeling like my heart will stop at any moment.
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About a month ago, I had I bad episode of a panic attack. I ate a little more then I usually do, and I had a very bad feeling in my chest and my heart was racing so we went to the emergency room. They tested my blood, did chest x-rays, and I had an ekg done.
Then it happend again, and I went straight back to the ER. I was then transported to Riley's Children Hospital. ( A very great place, lots of high tech stuff and what-not. ) I had an echocardiogram done at Rileys, an ekg, multiple blood tests, and everything came back fine. Including the visits from the ER, everything was fine also.
I then went to the ER three more times, each time they did the same tests and my heart was very good and healthy. I still feel like my heart can stop though, and I get scared ever night. I even had to sleep with my parents one night. After the episode is over I usually break down and cry until I can't cry anymore. I am seeing a psychologist on monday, thankfully, and I hope he can help me also.
My main point is that I am afraid there is actually something wrong with my heart, and I am afraid of sudden death. Just recently I went to an urgent care center and had a cat scan where they injected some kind of dye in me to see if there were any blood clots or risk of a blood clot. I can't deal with this anymore and I often think about suicide when I break down. I am so afraid of sudden death and I always think the doctors missed something in all of the tests.
( I am a 14 year old male by the way. )
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alexis82568 brandon12949
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hi i have severe heart aniexty too, im 19 years old and ive slept with my parents on mutiple occasions because i cant sleep alone because i dont want to die or have a heart attack in my room alone. i have severe chest tightness when i lay down at night to sleep and i wake up and it feels like ive stopped breathing im currently wearing a heart moniter for two weeks but ive been to mutiple emergency visits and doc and they all say my heart is healthy and so i dont know exaclty what causes this heart aniexty but it is so scary
randy41812 brandon12949
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First time you get a panic attack , most people think there about to die from a heart attack. First few panic attacks I had I went to the emergency room thinking I was having a heart attack. So after I went home I got one of those wrist blood pressure things , kept doing that 10 times a day to see if my heart was working right , that only made it worse. Finally I quit using that , forced myself to not worry over my heart and my anxiety got way better. But that took awhile.